Although few weather phenomena have the ability to affect weather on a global scale, the jet streams are one such phenomenon....
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Although few weather phenomena have the ability to affect weather on a global scale, the jet streams are one such phenomenon. These bands of high-speed wind roar through the atmosphere 10 to 15 kilometers (6 to 10 miles) above Earth's surface. This animated image from NOVA Online illustrates a jet stream's wild undulations over North America during a five-day period in January 2001.

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National Science Foundation, WGBH Educational Foundation

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This 5-minute animation portrays fluctuations in the cryosphere through observations collected from a variety of...
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This 5-minute animation portrays fluctuations in the cryosphere through observations collected from a variety of satellite-based sensors. The cryosphere consists of those parts of the Earth's surface where water is found in solid form, including areas of snow, sea ice, glaciers, permafrost, ice sheets, and icebergs. In these regions, surface temperatures remain below freezing for a portion of each year.

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This virtual tour utilizes the geographic interactive software Google Earth to explain the scientific, engineering, and human...
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This virtual tour utilizes the geographic interactive software Google Earth to explain the scientific, engineering, and human dimensions of the Northern California earthquake of April 18, 1906, commonly referred to as the 'Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906'. It is intended to help students visualize and understand the causes and effects of this and future earthquakes. The downloadable Zipped Keyhole Markup Language (kmz) files cover the global geologic setting of the earthquake, explore the fault system of the San Francisco Bay area, and discuss the mechanics of the 1906 earthquake. There is also an interactive gallery of fault and earthquake damage photos, and maps of earthquake hazards and probabilities for the Bay area.

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Unknown

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The AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science Atlas of Population and Environment is an important analysis of...
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The AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science Atlas of Population and Environment is an important analysis of the relationships between human population and the environment. Through text, maps, and diagrams, the Atlas illustrates how population affects the world's ecosystems and natural resources both in the short and long term. Using sophisticated mapping and graphic techniques, the Atlas provides quantitative analyses of the important links between such factors as human population density, rates of growth, migration, resource consumption, and technologies, and the state of the global environment. These links are explored across the content areas of natural resources, land use, the atmosphere, waste and chemicals, ecosystems, and biodiversity. The Atlas draws on research and data from a number of academic institutions and international organizations, including the United Nations, its specialist organizations and agencies; the World Resources Institute; the Center for International Earth Sciences Information Network; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; U.S. Geological Survey; and the UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre. The Atlas was produced to provide a concise, science-based compendium of information on the population and environment topics so important to the realization of a sustainable future.

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Through its extensive interactive website, educational programming, shows, exhibits, planetarium, online science, research and collections, the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum aims to inspire the next generation of explorers and scientists. Exhibits cover everything from CyberSpace to Black Holes. Educational programming includes graduate courses and lectures, interactive demonstrations, an Astro-Science Workshop for high school students, as well as camps and programming for Scouts. For formal educators, resources include professional development workshops for teachers and administrators, standards-based curricula and resources to use in the classroom, off-site learning, and focused gallery guides and standards-based programs. The Museum staff are active in research on astronomy, science education, and the history of astronomy, with the largest collection of planetarium and astronomical artifacts in the Western Hemisphere. The Research and Collections page has descriptions and lists of current publications and research.

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This activity/demo introduces learners to aerogel, a glass nanofoam. Learners discover how aerogel is made and how well it...
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This activity/demo introduces learners to aerogel, a glass nanofoam. Learners discover how aerogel is made and how well it insulates as well as learn about aerogel's other unique properties. Learners see real aerogel and feel how well it insulates.

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This demonstration (on pages 9-11) uses gelatin and lead pellets to model how aerogel, a technology used by NASA spacecrafts,...
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This demonstration (on pages 9-11) uses gelatin and lead pellets to model how aerogel, a technology used by NASA spacecrafts, is used to capture comet particles. Instructions are provided on how to test the consistency of the gelatin "aerogel-lo", which must be prepared beforehand, and tips for running the demo. The procedure also includes background info about aerogel (first discovered in the 1930s), and limits of the "aerogel-lo" model, which is far more dense than real aerogel. Reflection questions are listed at the end.

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Author:
California Institute of Technology, NASA

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In this activity (page 10 of PDF), learners approximate the area of the uppermost cross section of an impact crater using a...
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In this activity (page 10 of PDF), learners approximate the area of the uppermost cross section of an impact crater using a variety of square grids. They conclude which angle of impact results in the greatest area. There are two versions of this activity: Challenge, where students construct a launcher and create their own craters; and Non-Challenge where students analyze pictures of craters. Includes a pre-lesson activity (p54). The Moon Math: Craters! guide follows a 5E approach, applying concepts of geometry, modeling, data analysis to the NASA lunar spacecraft mission, LCROSS.

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NASA

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These animations show how various types of waves are propagated during an earthquake. Users can see how P-waves travel at the...
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These animations show how various types of waves are propagated during an earthquake. Users can see how P-waves travel at the surface, how they are reflected and refracted as they travel further from their source, and how multiple reflections can combine to create a surface wave. There is also an animation showing how S-waves were amplified by reflections from the Moho during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that struck San Francisco.

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Barker, Jeffery, Jeffery Barker

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